The Witch Hunter System

After Lady Prisma was sent back into the Asura Domain-dominated battleground, the battle between Valefor and the six Celestial Dragons eventually reached its conclusion.

Although the divine energy field could resist the debuffing power of the Asura Domain to some degree, it could not stop Valefor from empowering himself. As such, after the Celestial Dragons sustained too many injuries, they were ultimately defeated.

Valefor was required to beat them into submission, but not every Celestial Dragon valued their life more than their pride. They would rather die than serve someone other than the Celestial Dragon King.

As a result, the two Celestial Dragons were executed on the spot.

Moreover, every fiber of their being was utilized by Vaan – Their golden dragon blood was extracted and stored in special bottles, their bones and dragon scales were salvaged as materials for weapon forging, and the remaining flesh and blood were quality nutrients to feed some sea monsters.

When the remaining four Celestial Dragons saw how the two corpses were dismantled for various uses, a chill ran down their spines.

They felt fortunate enough to have picked the wiser choice.

Surprisingly, Sir Kaudin and Lady Prisma were among the surviving four Celestial Dragons who submitted. Both made unexpected choices. After all, Lady Prisma lost her arms.

On the other hand, Sir Kaudin was the most the group leader directly appointed by the Celestial Dragon King; his loyalty should have been the most devout among the Celestial Dragons.

Evidently, Sir Kaudin was not as loyal as everyone thought. At the very least, he treasured his life more.

Nevertheless, including Sir Mugim, the five surviving Celestial Dragons were left behind with Vaan. Meanwhile, Valefor headed for Celestial City, where he could find more worthy opponents to challenge.

Although such a decision posed a risk to AI Pangea, a reasonable excuse had already been prepared. After all, Valefor could easily be mistaken as a demonic being from Gehenna due to the nature of his cultivation.

The Celestial Dragon King wouldn't be able to connect his sudden visit with the problem in Fanghorn City.

More importantly, with Valefor causing chaos in Celestial City, Vaan focused on the subjugation of the remaining ten cities. Thanks to inside information provided by AI Pangea, the subjugation of Silverscale City in the Western Sea proceeded very smoothly.

Due to controversial decisions made by the Silverscale Lord, the Silverscale Military's dissatisfaction was unusually higher than any other city of the Celestial Kingdom.

In fact, the Silverscale Military only needed a slight push, and the Silverscale General would have personally led his troops into the Residential Zone to behead the Silverscale Lord and his cronies.

When Ex-chief Kroksi was falsely charged and put in prison, even scheduled for execution, he never would have thought that he would personally lead the banner of rebellion under the new Ocean Master after his comrades broke him out.

Nevertheless, with General Neyi and the Silverscale General attacking from the front and Ex-chief Kroksi striking the rear, the Silverscale Lord's noble faction quickly collapsed.

Although Silverscale Nobles weren't as bad as Fanghorn Nobles, their dark history was, more or less, the same. They had still developed the same darkness in their hearts and unleashed it on innocent victims.

As such, when AI Pangea exposed their atrocious history, they were all judged and killed by civilians after Vaan robbed their Divine Worlds.

However, this time, he did not produce new Divine Inheritors among the Body Refiners of his Battle God Cult. Instead, he brought a group of Battle Witches devoted to him to explore new possibilities.

After all, he couldn't possibly favor the Body Refiners too much. Only strengthening the Body Refiners would create a serious imbalance of power and destabilize the countries.

Furthermore, he needed to help his women improve as well.

Although Vaan wanted to offer his women better cultivation choices, it was also undeniable that they had fallen far behind him. They simply could not keep up with his rate of growth.

As such, it was necessary to find a safe way to strengthen their powers through the Divine Inheritance.

Either way, the Divine Inheritance was only a supplementary power for the witches; it wouldn't be their main cultivation. As such, its disadvantages would also have minimal impacts.

When Vaan performed the Divine Inheritance on the first Battle Witch, the process proceeded without any major problems. Although the Battle Witch didn't have a strong body like Body Refiners, her control was much stronger due to her familiarity with mana.

As such, the Battle Witch was able to tame the foreign power and make it her own much quicker, minimizing the strain on the body during the initial divine energy surge.

"This is my power now?"

The brown-haired Battle Witch stared dumbly at her hands, sensing the different strands of power coursing through her blood vessels.

Not only did she acquire the power of a Fifth-stage Divine Origin Realm cultivator, but her lifespan had also increased by several thousand years. She could live much longer than even Transcendent Witches.

"How does it feel to obtain the power of a Divine Being?"

"Thank you, my Lord! Muah!"

The brown-haired Battle Witch was so excited and happy with her newfound power that she audaciously gave Vaan a peck on the cheeks to show her appreciation and gratitude.

However, she quickly realized she had overstepped her boundaries. Thus, she repeatedly apologized for her boldness.

Because Vaan didn't punish her over such a trivial matter, it gave the other Battle Witches the same idea. As a result, each time he produced a Divine Inheritor among the Battle Witches, they would peck him on the cheeks.

A bolder Battle Witch even tried to go a step further, aiming for his lips.

However, before Vaan could admonish her behavior, she was badly cursed and scolded by her peers. They accused her of taking advantage of Vaan's benevolence to jump over their heads and climb onto the same seat as the queen.

As such, even if Vaan permitted it, the Battle Witches no longer dared to entertain the thought. It could be said that the Battle Witches cockblocked each other… or him.

By the time Silverscale City fell under Vaan's control, two hundred new Divine Inheritors were born among the Battle Witches.

These Battle Witches were all women he had raised to High Witches in the earlier days. They had participated in the war between the Black Rose King and the Holy Knight Empire, and they had also contributed to outer space development.

Moreover, they were secretly part of the Vaanatics and Vahnmaniacs. As such, their loyalty was unquestionable.

Nevertheless, after performing the Divine Inheritance for all two hundred Battle Witches without encountering a single issue, Vaan began looking for suitable Divine Worlds for his women.

Naturally, the best Divine Worlds had to be reserved for them.

How could he allow their cultivation to be inferior to their subordinates? Even if the chances were negligible, wasn't it simply allowing subordinates' ambitions to grow into problems if their cultivation were stronger?

Once everyone received the Divine Inheritance, the ladies would all be roughly around the same level. Only when the ladies were similar in power would they be more at ease with interacting with each other, especially when it came to the younger ones.

Vaan was aware that Linetta and Lillias, who had the weakest cultivation, were secretly intimidated by everyone else due to their impressive statuses.

As such, even if he wished for his harem to get along, it wouldn't be easy unless the smaller kittens overcame their mental constraints. Although the Divine Inheritance wasn't a foolproof solution, it should at least boost their confidence.

That said, Vaan also had to consider Henrietta's situation.

Among his women, she was the only one who cultivated divine energy, and more so, under the guidance of Empyrean Scarletsea. She would most likely reject the Divine Inheritance.

Even if she didn't, Empyrean Scarletsea definitely would.

After all, how could the disciple of an Empyrean God be so shortsighted?

Henrietta possessed a True Divinity-level cultivation method. Thus, her potential wouldn't be limited to the Divine Realm. The Divine Inheritance would only restrain her, not help her.

That said, there was no problem even if Henrietta refused the Divine Inheritance. She only lacked divine energy to raise her energy cultivation, and he happened to have several Divine Cores in his possession.

If needed, he could collect even more. As such, there was enough divine energy to support Henrietta's cultivation.

On the other hand, while Astoria was unlikely to refuse the Divine Inheritance, Vaan had no doubt she would be more interested in the golden dragon blood. He hoped only she wouldn't end up turning out like the Celestial Dragons after ingesting too much.

He had to admit that the Dragonoid women had great figures and didn't look half bad at all. Their exotic appearances gave them a unique type of beauty. However, Vaan was quite clear about his preference.

The cold dragon scales just wouldn't possess the same comfort as warm flesh.
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While Vaan was busy performing Divine Inheritances and subjugating the Celestial Kingdom's remaining cities, AI Pangea became quite curious about his lack of concern and interest regarding Celestial City's situation.

"Don't you want to know what's happening in Celestial City at all? Why haven't you asked me about it yet? Are you not worried about your evil twin?"

"Why should I be?"

Vaan's lips slightly curved into a smile. He could see, hear, feel—basically sense everything Valefor experienced due to their connection. As such, there was no need for AI Pangea to relay the information to him.

Of course, AI Pangea didn't know about this.

Furthermore, while she was baffled over this, Vaan had no intention of explaining his secret to her.